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title = "Operator SDK"
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	<p class="lead mt-5"><a href=https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/extend-kubernetes/operator/>Operators 🔗</a>
		are used to manage complex stateful applications on top of Kubernetes. The
		Operator SDK makes it easier to create them by providing high level APIs,
		useful abstractions, and project scaffolding.
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This project is a component of the [Operator
Framework](https://github.com/operator-framework), an open source toolkit to
manage Kubernetes native applications, called Operators, in an effective,
automated, and scalable way. Read more in the [introduction blog
post](https://www.openshift.com/blog/introducing-the-operator-framework.
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